The Miss America Pageant and its sponsor, the Miss America Organization, has evolved from a beach-side showcase for frolicking bathing beauties to a competition that still includes bathing suits ...

National champion? You betcha. Alabama’s Abbie Stockard is the new Miss America, crowned on Jan. 5, 2025, in Orlando, Florida. She’s the fourth Alabama woman to be named Miss America ...

In Loving Memory of Michaeline Jouban Prejean (November 3, 1942 March 2, 2025), a devoted mother, grandmother, teacher, and woman of unwavering faith, passed away peacefully after an eight-year ...

Miss America’s smile never faded on Saturday as she met hundreds of fans during a celebration in her honor in Alabama. Abbie Stockard, 22, a Birmingham native, returned to her home town for ...

Abbie Stockard, Miss Alabama 2024, models her Miss America 2025 wardrobe in Alabama prior to the competition. Stockard is one of 52 women vying for the 2025 Miss America crown which comes with ...

The first African Americans to appear in the Miss America Pageant came onstage as 'slaves' for a musical number in 1923. It was not until 1970 that a black woman, Iowa's Cheryl Brown ...

Her work has previously appeared in POPSUGAR, HelloGiggles, Reader's Digest and more. Miss America's 2022 winner Emma Broyles waltzed into the 2023 competition Thursday night wearing a dress for ...

The Miss Teen Volunteer America pageant came to a close on Saturday evening with Miss Mississippi Teen Volunteer Izzy Karns taking home the coveted crown. Karns, the recipient of a $10,000 ...